Upfront About Breast Cancer
by Breast Cancer Network Australia
Upfront About Breast Cancer provides people affected by breast cancer and their family with real stories, insights and helpful tips from those who have had their own breast cancer experience as well as access to the latest essential information from a range of different health professionals and experts. Conversational in style, Upfront About Breast Cancer explores a range of topics designed to help those at all stages diagnosed with early breast cancer, DCIS or metastatic breast cancer, and those around them.
Episodes
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 0: Welcome to Unlimited
Episode 0: Welcome to Season 2: Unlimited We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer, their family and...
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 1: A Mixed Dozen: Anxiety in a Cancer Context
Episode 1: A Mixed Dozen: Anxiety in a Cancer Context We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer, their…
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 2: Forged in Fire: Relationships with your Medical Team and Self-advocacy
Episode 2: Forged in Fire: Relationships with your Medical Team and Self-advocacy We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed…
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 3: Sugar, Stress, and Misdemeanours: Causal Beliefs
Episode 3: Sugar, Stress, and Misdemeanours: Causal Beliefs We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer…
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 4: Bittersweet: Living with Metastatic Disease
Episode 4: Bittersweet: Living with Metastatic Disease We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer, their...
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 5: Re-entry Wobbles: Re-starting Life after Cancer Treatment
Episode 5: Re-entry Wobbles: Re-starting Life after Cancer Treatment We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast...
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 6: Hanging Out with The Bad Boys: Helpful and Not So Helpful Behaviour Changes
Episode 6: Hanging Out with The Bad Boys: Helpful and Not So Helpful Behaviour Changes We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people…
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 7: The View from the Other Side of the Bed: The Partner’s Perspective
Episode 7: The View from the Other Side of the Bed: The Partner’s Perspective We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with...
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 8: No. is a sentence: Boundary Setting
Episode 8: No. is a sentence: Boundary Setting We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer, their family and...
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 9: Pain without Fear: Pain, Persistent Side-Effects and Palliative Care
Episode 9: Pain without Fear: Pain, Persistent Side-Effects and Palliative Care We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with...
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 10: The Inevitable: Death, Dying and Mortality
Episode 10: The Inevitable: Death, Dying and Mortality We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer, their...
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What you don’t know until you do: Unlimited: Episode 11: That’s a wrap!
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer, their family and friends. Our experienced team can help with…
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Episode 45: In conversation with Harry and Pieter: Raising awareness for men with breast cancer
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about men who are diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer is often thought as a disease that only affects women, however, in Australia in 2022 it is…
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Episode 44: Work after breast cancer: Tackling the difficult conversations
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about working after breast cancer and tackling the difficult conversations you may need to have with your employer. Some people feel comfortable discussing their...
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Episode 43: In conversation with Tania and Fiona: The challenges of living in a rural area following a breast cancer diagnosis
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about living in a rural area following a breast cancer diagnosis. For people living in rural areas there can be additional stress and challenges, which may…
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Episode 42: In conversation with Kala and Emily: Living with metastatic breast cancer
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about living with metastatic breast cancer. Metastatic breast cancer is breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast to other parts of the body. It is an...
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Episode 41: Through a rainbow lens – Navigating breast cancer as a LGBTIQ+ couple
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be upfront about LGBTIQ+ communities that are affected by breast cancer. We know that cancer doesn’t discriminate and depending on who you are, and how you identify, your...
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Episode 40: LGBTIQ+ experiences of breast cancer and cancer care
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about the extra challenges and different needs of LGBTIQ+ people when diagnosed with breast cancer. LGBTIQ+ communities have unique requirements and additional...
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Episode 39: In conversation with Shananne and Kate: Under 40 and experiencing breast cancer
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about being a young woman and experiencing a breast cancer diagnosis. Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in young women in Australia and it’s estimated...
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Episode 38: Hormone Blocking Therapy – Balancing Quality of Life and Risk of Recurrence
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be upfront about the side effects of hormone-blocking therapies for the treatment of hormone receptor positive breast cancer. About 70% of breast cancers are hormone…
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Episode 37: Advance Care Planning – Taking Control of Your Future
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be upfront about advanced care planning and breast cancer. Living with metastatic breast cancer means making decisions about your treatment and care that is right for you....
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Episode 36: Accessing Support for Breast Cancer in Regional and Rural Locations
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be upfront about the challenges you may face in accessing specialised breast cancer treatment, care and support when living in rural, remote and regional areas in…
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What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 1: D Day
Episode 1: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: D Day: Diagnosis Shock We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people...
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What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 2: A Tale of Two Husbands
Episode 2: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, With Dr Charlotte Tottman: A Tale of Two Husbands: Emotional Isolation We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to the Upfront About Breast Cancer What You Don’t Know Until You Do with Dr Charlotte Tottman podcast, as some may find...
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What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 3: The Showing Up and The Letting Down
Episode 3: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, With Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Showing Up and The Letting Down: Surprises and Disappointments in Relationships We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to the Upfront About Breast Cancer What You Don’t Know Until You Do with Dr...
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What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 4: The Mirror Image
Episode 4: What you don’t know until you do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Mirror Image: Body Image Difficulties We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to the Upfront About Breast Cancer What You Don’t Know Until You Do with Dr Charlotte Tottman podcast, as some may find…
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What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 5: The Snow Globe Effect
Episode 5: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Snow Globe Effect: Change of Perspective We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to the Upfront About Breast Cancer What You Don’t Know Until You Do with Dr Charlotte Tottman podcast, as some may…
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What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 6: The Meltdown
Episode 6: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Meltdown: Post Treatment Adjustment We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to the Upfront About Breast Cancer What You Don’t Know Until You Do with Dr Charlotte Tottman podcast, as some may find the...
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What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 7: The Next Version of You
Episode 7: What you don’t know until you do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Next Version of You: Managing Expectations We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to the Upfront About Breast Cancer What You Don’t Know Until You Do with Dr Charlotte Tottman podcast, as some may...
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What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 8: Learning New Dance Steps
Episode 8: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: Learning New Dance Steps: Sexuality and Intimacy We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to the Upfront About Breast Cancer What You Don’t Know Until You Do with Dr Charlotte Tottman podcast, as some may...
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What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 9: Exercise is Annoying (‘cos it works)
Episode 9: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: Exercise is Annoying (‘cos it works): The Psychological and Physical Benefits We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to the Upfront About Breast Cancer What You Don’t Know Until You Do with Dr Charlotte...
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What You Don’t Know Until You Do - Episode 10: The Iron Fist
Episode 10: What You Don’t Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman: The Iron Fist: Fear of Cancer Recurrence We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to the Upfront About Breast Cancer What You Don’t Know Until You Do with Dr Charlotte Tottman podcast, as some may find…
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Episode 35: The impact of breast cancer on sexual health
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about the impact of breast cancer on sexual health. Sex and intimacy are very personal but important parts of life. Breast cancer and treatment can affect sexual...
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Episode 34: Managing fatigue related to breast cancer treatments
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about managing fatigue related to breast cancer treatments. Fatigue is a common side effect of treatments related to breast cancer, particular chemotherapy and...
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Episode 33: Hair loss related to breast cancer treatments
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about hair loss and breast cancer. Perhaps the most noticeable side effect of some chemotherapy treatments is hair loss. A bald head, especially for women is...
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Episode 32: Peripheral Neuropathy
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about peripheral neuropathy. The term refers to a loss of sensation, tingling and pain in the hands and feet, which is a side effect of some chemotherapies....
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Episode 31: What I wish I knew
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about looking back on a breast cancer experience and talk about some of the things you might wish you had of known. Often described as an emotional…
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Episode 30: Breast cancer, genes and family
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about hereditary breast cancer. It’s widely known that inherited genetic mutations, or faults in genes associated with breast cancer such as BRCA 1 and BRCA 2...
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Episode 29: Navigating a breast cancer diagnosis as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. We know that cancer is now the biggest killer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and that indigenous women are less likely to survive a breast cancer diagnosis than...
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Special Episode: COVID-19 update for health professionals
Let’s be Upfront about where we’re at with COVID-19 at the end of what’s been a difficult year for all Australians and our health system. In this special episode of Upfront, BCNA CEO Kirsten Pilatti is joined by Cancer Australia CEO Dorothy Keefe, who looks back at the impact of the pandemic on…
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Episode 28: Men get breast cancer too
Let’s be Upfront about the fact that men get breast cancer too. 63 year-old Tasmanian Phil Purnell had no idea that men could get breast cancer when he found a lump in his breast and was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma (stage 2 breast cancer) in March. In this episode, Phil shares a…
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Episode 27: Vulnerability and strength - Peta Murphy on breast cancer
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. In this special episode of Upfront About Breast Cancer, we’re joined by federal parliamentarian Peta Murphy MP. Peta was first diagnosed with early breast cancer at age 37, and...
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Episode 26: Caring for a loved one
We recommend listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be upfront about caring for someone with breast cancer. Being a carer can mean many different things, and usually involves providing both practical and emotional support to a...
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Episode 25: Sally Obermeder on her breast cancer journey
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. Let’s be Upfront about breast cancer in young women. Well known TV personality and business owner Sally Obermeder was 40 weeks pregnant with her first child when she was…
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Episode 24: DCIS
Let’s be Upfront about ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS. Non-life-threatening and often referred to as ‘stage 0 breast cancer’, the experience and treatment of DCIS can be significant and frightening, so it’s important to understand the facts. There is a lot of confusion about what DCIS is, its...
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Episode 23: Palliative care
Let’s be Upfront about palliative care. To many, those two words prompt fear, and thoughts of death and dying. In reality, palliative care offers so much beyond just end of life care for those living with metastatic breast cancer; focusing on symptom management and ensuring quality of life. In…
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Episode 22: Invasive lobular carcinoma
Let’s be Upfront about invasive lobular carcinoma. The second most common form of invasive breast cancer, picking up lobular carcinoma on mammograms can be difficult as they often don’t present as a lump in the breast. In this episode, we’re joined by BCNA board member, surgical oncologist and...
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Episode 21: Raelene Boyle on pulling herself out of the darkness
In this episode, Upfront sits down with Australian Olympic legend and BCNA board member Raelene Boyle AM, MBE. Speaking openly and honestly about her cancer journey, Raelene discusses the mental impact of her breast cancer diagnosis, the experience of survivor guilt, how the darkness can still...
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Special Episode #3: Coronavirus update
Let’s be Upfront about where we’re at with COVID-19 (coronavirus). With restrictions beginning to ease in some parts of the country, we’re taking a good look at the current situation and what it means for people at different stages of their breast cancer journey. In this episode, we’re joined by...
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Episode 20: Talking about end of life
Let’s be Upfront about end of life. A topic almost too sad to talk about, but too important not to, palliative care and exploring end of life options are a reality for the 3000 Australians who die of breast cancer each year. While breast cancer survival rates have never been better, little is...
About this show
Upfront About Breast Cancer provides people affected by breast cancer and their family with real stories, insights and helpful tips from those who have had their own breast cancer experience as well as access to the latest essential information from a range of different health professionals and experts. Conversational in style, Upfront About Breast Cancer explores a range of topics designed to help those at all stages diagnosed with early breast cancer, DCIS or metastatic breast cancer, and those around them.
Hosted by
Breast Cancer Network Australia